Caray, Caray!

Dr. Dan says that he will do whatever it takes to make Soledad’s heart heal and make it his forever. He says that Soledad’s mother wants them to marry and move far away so that Alcides and Hugo can’t mess up Soledad life again. Dr. Dan says that he knows she’s not ready but asks her to marry him and move far away from San Marino.

Ursula comes into the forge. Boris is glad to see her. He says now that Hugo can’t visit his daughter at the Obragon house, it will be harder for them to see each other. He missed her a lot. Ursula says that she missed Boris too but she has come to see Hugo. Ursula tells Hugo that Soledad accepted Dr. Dan’s proposal and is now engaged to him. Hugo is impactado.

Soledad says that she can’t leave San Marino. There are too many things tying her here – her family, this is the place she was born… Dr. Dan says that she doesn’t need to lie. He knows that the only reason she won’t leave San Marino is Hugo. Soledad denies this but Dr. Dan says that they have agreed not to lie to one another. He says that they are both survivors - survivors of loss and betrayal. He tells Soledad that once he fell in love with a woman who betrayed him and that is why he understands her. He knows she doesn’t love him and is scared to death of making another mistake. But now that she is single and free, they will only go to the altar when Soledad is ready and in love with him. Dr. Dan starts to kiss Soledad and Eloisa breezes in asking if she is interrupting something. Eloisa notices right away that Soledad is wearing Dr. Dan’s ring and asks when the wedding will be.

Paquito decides to get Deborah out of his place in a barrel.

Margot tells Arturo that he can’t believe that she is spying for Hercu-less. Arturo says what should he think? Yesterday Margot said that she missed Herc and wanted to return home and the next morning she sneaks into Arturo’s house. Margot says that she came because she was worried about him. Last night he was drunk and he has the ED problem. Arturo says that he doesn’t want her pity. He orders her out of his house before his mother sees her and gives Arturo a hard time. He pushes her out the door saying that Margot is crazy.

Soledad tells Eloisa that yes she is engaged but they haven’t set a date yet. Dr. Dan says that they are officially engaged. Eloisa says that she doesn’t know whether to congratulate them or offer condolences. Soledad asks why Eloisa says that. Eloisa advises her to ask her fiancé. She asks Daniel if he doesn’t remember all the horrible things he told her. Eloisa tells Soledad about how Dr. Dan came to her house and insulted and threatened her all because he didn’t believe that Michelle left town and only said goodbye to Eloisa. He called her a liar. Dr. Dan says that he is sorry but he finds it extremely strange and impossible to believe that Michelle left town without saying goodbye to him. Soledad reminds him that she told him about Hugo’s letter from Michelle explaining her reasons for leaving town. Eloisa is surprised, “A letter?” she says and flashes back to Alcides telling her that they have to make people forget about Michelle. Dr. Dan says that then he didn’t know anything about a letter. Eloisa asks what it says. Soledad says that the letter says that Michelle thought she was in the way between Soledad and Hugo. “You see,” says Eloisa, “I told you so. You owe me an apology.” To himself, Dr. Dan says that he doesn’t believe anything she says but he has to apologize for Soledad’s sake. He does so.

“So von Chirac and Soledad are engaged,” says Hugo, vigorously using the bellows. He says that he talked to Soledad this morning (Ursula was there) and she didn’t say anything about that. Ursula says that Soledad was very upset about the letter that Hugo got from Michelle. She and Michelle were great friends and Ursula thinks that Soledad feels guilty about Michelle’s departure. Hugo is working the bellows more slowly now. Ursula says that she shouldn’t have opened her big mouth (‘bocota’ from ‘boca,’ mouth) If Soledad finds out that Ursula came here, she’ll kill her. She says that she shouldn’t have told Hugo. Hugo says she did the right thing. Ursula asks Hugo not to tell Soledad that it was she who told him about this. Ursula says that she has to go and leaves. Boris asks Hugo what he is going to do. “What I should have done a long time ago,” says Hugo.

Arturo is in his room. He sees his medals and flashes back to Margot’s admiration of his military service. He wonders if Margot is in love with him. Then he says, “women,” and shakes his head.

Margot comes back to her house with bread. She greets Hercu-less as her king (‘mi rey’). He asks where she’s been and she says that she went early to get fresh baked bread (‘pan recién horneado’) to make Herc a nice breakfast. Herc asks if she is telling the truth. She says of course. What else would she do? They kiss.

Paquito is disposing of his barrel of Deborah. He drives it somewhere. “Rest in peace” (‘descansa en paz’), he says and rolls it down a hill.

Eloisa accepts Dr. Dan’s apology saying that she knows that Dr. Dan was desperate about the disappearance of ‘their’ friend and that’s why he did it. Soledad is happy that they have settled that matter. She asks why Eloisa has come to visit. Eloisa says that she wanted to see Soledad before she went to the hospital. It has been a while since she saw Soledad, not since Michelle left and she misses her friends. Dr. Dan tells himself that he doesn’t believe a word this woman says. He suspects that everything with her is a fake (‘una farsa’). Soledad says Eloisa is welcome whenever. This is her house too. (‘Esta tambien es tu casa.’) Eloisa says that Dr. Dan is giving her a dirty look. She will leave them alone and say hello to the rest of the family. “Proceed with your romance, (‘prosigan con el idilio)” she says. She leaves. Soledad asks Dr. Dan if he thinks that Soledad would lie about Michelle. Dr. Dan says that Eloisa is her friend and he doesn’t want to get involved in the relationship between Soledad and her friends. He assures that he will protect her always from everyone and that includes Eloisa.

Eloisa goes into Soledad’s room, locks the door and hears Alicdes’ voice giving her instructions on how to get into the treasure vault. She turns a lamp fixture and the door opens. Just then Antonia knocks on the door. Eloisa closes the door to the vault and unlocks the door. Antonia asks what Eloisa is doing in Soledad’s bedroom and where is Soledad. Eloisa says that Soledad is with Dr.Dan and starts to give some lie about what she was doing in Soledad’s room when she looks at Antonia strangely and flashes back to asking Paquito about George the pianist at the cabaret. Antonia asks why Eloisa doesn’t answer her question. “Doña Antonia,” says Eloisa, “you and the pianist…”

Ok, here we go. Hugo, still in his work shirt, rides flat out to Soledad’s house. The guards won’t let him in. Hugo says that he has to speak to Soledad. The guards aim their weapons and mention the identical twin problem. Hugo yells that he has to speak to Soledad. Hugo rides right up on the porch. “Soledad!” he yells, “It’s Hugo. I need to talk to you. Soledad!” Soledad hears Hugo’s voice. Dr. Dan wants to go and deal with it but Soledad says she will come too.

Eloisa says that Antonia looks a lot like the pianist in the bar (so much for the disguise). Eloisa asks if Antonia is related to George Wilde. Antonia dismisses that as absurd. She is an Obragon and has nothing to do with anyone employed in that den of iniquity (‘antro de perdición). Antonia notices Hugo outside and that Dr. Dan and Soledad have gone to speak to him. Antonia goes to tell Ester. Eloisa breathes a sigh of relief. Hugo has saved her bacon this time. She has to get into the vault. She locks the door to the bedroom once again. She opens the door to the vault and goes in.

Dr. Dan tells the guards to lower their arms. Hugo says that he needs to talk to Soledad. Soledad says that she just brought the baby to him at the cabaña. What does he want? When she gets close enough, Hugo reaches down takes her hand and sees the ring. He asks if she is engaged to Dr. Dan.

Eloisa is overwhelmed at the sight of the treasure. She hears Alcides’ voice tell her where Michelle corpse is (covered with a cloth). The body is intact because she died recently and the vault is cold. Eloisa has to bury her there in the vault. Eloisa is creeped out by he corpse. She finds the place where Alcides told her to put Michelle’s body. Eloisa is distracted by the treasure and starts fondling gold bars.

Hugo and Soledad look at one another. Finally, Soledad says, “Hugo, please. There’s nothing for you here. I told you that we had nothing more to say. Don’t get involved in more problems.” Trying to lower the tension level, Dr. Dan says that he understands Hugo got a letter saying that Michelle had returned to her country. He’s glad ‘cause he doubted it before. Hugo ignores him. “Why Soledad? Why?” he asks Soledad. They look at each other again for a few seconds and Hugo reaches down and puts Soledad behind him on the horse and gallops away. Dr. Dan tells the guards not to shoot.

Dr. Dan goes after Soledad. Ester, Lucas, Antonia and Ursula all come outside to find out what is going on. Ester is concerned that Hugo will harm Soledad and but Lucas says that she knows that Hugo loves Soledad.

Eloisa is panting. She has buried Michelle. She says that Alcides didn’t tell her what to do with the sword. She should leave it here. If she’s found with it, everything would be discovered. She starts fondling the gold bars again. She almost trips the trap but remembers Alcides’ instructions just in time and avoids it.

Boris has come to see the judge. He tells him about the footprints and the judge says to come with him and he will take care of it.

At the Hacienda, Alcides is cleaning his gun. Hercu-less comes in with a letter. He says that this is what Alcides asked him to investigate two months ago. The response has just come in. Still cleaning the gun, Alcides say that he hopes that this is the letter that will enable him to give von Chirac the surprise he deserves.

Dr. Dan and the guards are following Hugo’s trail. It leads into the forest.

Hugo lifts Soledad off the horse. He says that the guards aren’t following. Soledad asks Hugo what he is doing. Dr. Dan and the guards are looking for her. He’ll be arrested. Has he gone crazy? “I’m crazy with love for you,” says Hugo, “When I saw that ring on your finger, I couldn’t take it. I thought I had lost you forever.” He kisses her.
S: You lost me long ago, Hugo. I told you. I told you to go your own way.
H: I didn’t want it to come to this but I had no choice. We must find a safe place.
He puts her back on the horse and they ride off.

As you would expect, Eloisa is in no hurry to leave the treasure chamber. She finds a pearl necklace and takes it as a gift for her trouble. She hears Alcides’ voice telling her to take two gold bars (‘lingotes de oro’) and hide them under her clothes. No one will suspect that she has something under there. Eloisa puts the gold bars in the tops of her stockings. (They must be really tough garters. Gold weighs a lot.) Eloisa is done but she can’t resist taking an emerald and putting it in her cleavage.

Ursula is taking the baby to Soledad’s room. She wonders why it is locked. At the cabaña, the judge is now the CSI team and is examining the footprints himself with a magnifying glass. He tells Boris that it is important evidence that will help find out who
kidnapped Soledad and Hugo’s child. Boris is just about to tell the judge whom he and Hugo suspect when Dr. Dan runs in calling Soledad. He tells the judge that Hugo took Soledad against her will and he has to find her. The judge says that he’ll get on it as soon as he is finished with the footprints. Dr. Dan says that he needs to do it right away. Boris tells the judge that there must be some misunderstanding. Hugo adores Soledad. He would never harm her. The judge says that this family doesn’t get out of one tragedy before they get involved in another. He asks Boris about the person he suspects in the kidnapping.

Hugo carries Soledad into the gold mine. (Good thing Soledad has her ‘mine cave in’ dress on.) Hugo flashes back to when he was in the mine with Soledad before. Hugo says that for him, this is where Soledad saved his life. He grabs her and kisses her. We see the engagement ring still on her finger. Soledad says that she can’t do this. She is engaged to Dr. Dan. Hugo says that when he found out, he thought he was going to go crazy. That’s why he kidnapped her at her house in front of everyone.
S: Hugo, this is insane.
H: Yes, Your love makes me crazy. I’m desperate for your love.
S: I gave my word to Daniel.
H: Words are just words. (‘las palabras se las lleve el viento,’ literally, ‘words are carried away by the wind’) Don’t you feel the same way I do? We were born for each other.
S: No, that’s not true. Fate is always keeping us apart.
H: Then I’ll fight against fate and the world. I’ll fight against everyone. If they hang me for loving you, let them do it. Let them hang me a thousand times because a thousand times I’ll return from the dead to keep kissing you. Take the ring off. Take it off.

Eloisa is orgasmic as she comes out of the treasure room. All of a sudden she hears Ursula knocking on the door. She closes up the entrance to the vault and lets Ursula in. In response to Ursula’s question about why she didn’t open the door when Ursula knocked, Eloisa says that she lay down and fell deeply asleep. Ursula tells Eloisa that Hugo kidnapped Soledad.

The judge comes to see Arturo (his boots still look muddy. The maid didn’t do a very good job of polishing them) about the kidnapping of Aurora. The judge says that Arturo is a suspect. Arturo says that is absurd. The judge wants to compare Arturo’s boots with the footprints found where the baby was recovered.

Alcides is looking off of the balcony at the Hacienda. Hercu-less asks why he doesn’t open the envelope. Alcides replies that good things in life should be enjoyed. He opens the envelope and sighs. “The doctor has a secret. The little doctor (doctorcillo) that everyone believes to be perfect and without fault (‘sin manchas,’ literally, ‘without stains’) is a married man.

Dr. Perfect is riding around looking for Soledad. Hugo and Soledad are kissing in the mine.
H: You can’t marry anyone but me.
S: Don’t torture me any more. Let me go.
H: Take the ring off or I will. Take it off.
S: I’ve made my decision. There’s no return. I’m getting married to Dr. Dan.
H: You can’t. You’re still married to Alcides in the church.
S: No, you’re wrong. The annulment came through. I’m free, Hugo.
He kisses her again and she asks him to let her go.
H: Listen to me, we can’t run away from our feeling much less find other loves – Dr. Dan for you or Michelle for me.
S: You won’t convince me.
H: We were born to love one another. What we feel is so strong, so beautiful that for good or bad our destinies are linked forever.
Soledad kisses Hugo. The credits roll.

Tomorrow: Hugo yells and the mine collapses.

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Juan is all charged up and smiling after getting to spend time whispering sweet nothings in Sofia’s ear earlier. At the stable he tells his horse (why doesn’t this guy ever have a best bud to talk to?) that he is worried that Sofia seems to be sick.
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The next morning Oscar is telling Franco he’s really anxious to get married. Franco says he has no intention of getting married because he’s still going crazy over his two women and wondering which one of them to pick. Juan is off talking to his horse, uh-gain, about Sofia and how really pretty and so caressably cuddly she looked the night before. Capricho doesn’t mind ‘cuz at least he’s getting a good bath and probably a couple of carrots out of the deal.

At the hacienda Eva comes in to wake up Sofia. Sofia slowly opens her eyes and says she doesn’t know why she is still so sleepy. Excitedly she tells Eva that she dreamed that Juan was there last night talking to her, and that he kissed her and told her over and over that he loved her. (When the guy you dream about kissing you looks like Eduardo Yañez, I figure there’s plenty of reason to stay stuck in the sheets a while longer, pondering the possibilities.)

Back in town the Reyes Brothers come to the church for mass. Padre Tadeo turns around and smiles when he sees them. Of course, Tadeo can’t help but notice since Juan has come in wearing those jingling jangling spurs of his and they jingle-jangle all the way down the aisle to the altar. (Yeah I suppose they’re sexy, but it sort makes you of wonder if the women in the back pew rolled their eyes because of the noise or because there was more than a whiff of horse puckey on them when he came in.) Each brother asks for their own brand of help from the Almighty in their pursuit of Luh-h-h-v-v: Juan asks to be forgiven for speaking so harshly to Sofia before and he asks that their love might triumph; Oscar wants his love for Jimena to be blessed and the Lord’s protection for the two of them; Franco wants to know who he’s supposed to choose, but he doesn’t want to hurt either Sarita or Rosario because he loves them both equally despite the fact no one believes him.

After church the Reyes brothers apparently have headed over to the police station. All of a sudden they’re there getting the forensics report from the sheriff. Juan reads through it and sees that it notes that when Libia’s body was handed over to them she had suffered a head injury. The sheriff said they believed that it came from her slipping and falling into the water, but Juan disagrees and says he believes Libia could have been clubbed in the head instead.

In front of her market Hortensia tells Quintina about the night she drove Libia to Don Bernardo’s wake. She says the girl was hurt and felt deceived because she never knew Bernardo Elizondo was married, and to find out he was dead on top of everything else doubled her pain. The worst part was, though, the way his widow surely mistreated and humiliated her. When she came out of the house Libia was acting all crazy and distracted.

In the meantime, the three brothers go back to the river to investigate a bit more about how Libia might have died. Juan says that the river is too shallow there for LIbia to have drowned, but Oscar says to remember it had been raining a lot and would have gotten much deeper. Franco says that it would have been muddy and slippery too. Juan answers that it could be, but then it might not. So Franco asks if they killed her then why and what for? After a bit of discussion they determine that if the Elizondo’s knew she was pregnant that it wouldn’t suit them to have the baby live, particularly if it was a boy (because, as they forget to remind us, Gabriela and eventually Sofia/Feo would lose half the inheritance and properties Bernardo left the family if his lover had a son). The Reyes’ agree that this could be reason enough to want to get rid of their sister permanently.

Back in the bakery Don Augustin tells Quintina about Bernardo and the young girl he fell in love with. He says it was painful to see her at the wake and to watch, helpless in his wheelchair, at the way his daughter mistreated her. He tells her then that he would like to find out if Libia had a family. Quintina gets nervous when she hears this and stutters a bit then says she’s certain she was an orphan. Juan comes back about then and after rushing a greeting to him she races off.

Juan tells Augie that he believes Sofia is sick. Pablito shows up for a visit and Juan shows him how to make bread, creatively using pieces of the dough to teach him how to read. Franco comes in and since Juan needs to take care of deliveries to the convent he has Franco teach Pablito a bit more of the alphabet.

In another room Augie is telling Quintina that he’s worried about Sofia because she’s gotten sick. Quintina offers to take him back to the hacienda in Hortensia’s truck to visit her. Since he’s itching for a reason to tie Gabi in knots again he says fine and they head out.

A bit later Augie arrives at the hacienda dressed (miraculously) as a bull-fighter and chases Gabriela around like she’s the bull when she comes downstairs all fake smiles to “greet” him. She becomes enraged when, afterwards, he pointedly tells her that he refuses to sign any documents, which means there’s no milking the cash cow for her and Feo.

As Franco and Pablito go over vowels, Pablito mentions that while he was hiding nearby he saw the man from the fair who hit him. The man, he says, is keeping a little friend of his locked up in a shack nearby and they beat the little boy a lot.
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At the hacienda Sofia cheers up when she sees her granddad dressed up in another one of his crazy costumes. He tells her that what he wants most is to see her happy, and that she made the wrong decision to return, but that there is still time to put things right. Sofia isn’t quite sure she understands him.
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Franco has Pablito take him to the little shack where Luis is being held. He realizes the boy is Rosario’s son. He approaches the old woman just as she’s about to hit Luis again and scolds her for hitting a child. Suddenly Armando drives up, gets out, and asks him what he’s doing there. Franco, thinking it’s Armando’s kid, asks him what kind of coward allows somebody to beat his own child.

That night back at the bar, Armando tells Fernando that somehow Franco found the shack and now knows where they’re hiding Rosario’s child. Armando says Franco thinks it’s his and he didn’t bother to tell him otherwise. Eva’s also been hanging around looking for Rosario and now that Franco knows where the child is, they better put a stop to all of this or there’ll be Hell to pay.

Fernando finds Rosario in her dressing room, throws her around and then threatens to kill Luis if she ever gets near Eva or Franco again.
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Franco tells Oscar what he learned about Rosario’s son and says he can’t believe she’d ever allow such a thing. Oscar advises him to remember what Juan told him about mothers and to ask Rosario herself what’s going on.

Sofia is back in bed again and an attentive NoneFer Nando brings her some more of his bedtime rufie-tea. (The way this guy always likes to knock a person out first makes you wonder that if, along with a bit of incest, necrophilia isn’t also one of his many endearing charms.) As He-Man leaves Sofia’s room he thinks to himself that tonight absolutely nothing is going to stop him from ravaging her. However, unbeknownst to Nonefer, Sofia drops the cup on the floor before she can drink any of the tea. She looks down at the broken cup and starts thinking dreamily of Juan and smiles. She lies down on the pillow and immediately falls asleep. (Ok. So am I being anal or was anybody else going nuts because she totally ignored the obviously nasty mess on the floor??? As the hubster put it to me so delicately at the end of that scene, “The girl may be pretty and sexy, but there are just some things a guy can’t overlook. Is Juan really sure he wants to be married to a slob like that?”)

Outside Sofia’s balcony, meanwhile, Juan is getting ready to climb the rope and sneak into her bedroom. Jimena comes out and notices him. Just then Rosendo comes outside. Jimena makes a quick save by telling Rosendo that she’s left her purse in the stables somewhere and sending him off to look for it.

Above her Juan has entered Sofia’s bedroom. (Good thing he’s still wearing his boots.) He strokes Sofia’s hair and face and then kisses her. Sofia eventually wakes up and they make love while Jimena stands guard at the bottom of the grand stairway inside the house. Rosendo comes inside to tell her he couldn’t find the purse. Just then Fernando walks onto the balcony above them and asks him why he’s not out standing guard and tells him to get back outside. Fernando then makes a move toward Sofia’s room but just then Gabi comes out of her bedroom and asks him what’s the matter.

Fernando says he was going to see if he could offer Sofia anything else. Gabi tells him not to bother. As long as Sofia keeps treating him so disrespectfully, she says, he shouldn’t do another thing for her or she’ll just go on humiliating him. He agrees and goes back into his bedroom. Jimena starts breathing again as Gabi shocks her back to reality and tells her to go to bed.

In his own bedroom, the scheming Fernando is now steaming and in full Snidely Whiplash mode, knocking over things and cursing because he’s been foiled again by his meddling old
M-I-L. He calms himself down eventually with the mantra, “When she’s asleep I’ll enter Sofia’s room and she’ll be mine. She’ll be mine and nobody else’s.” Of course, back in Sofia’s bedroom, Juan is the one in Sofia’s bed and HE is the one telling Sofia that she is HIS and only HIS.

Sofia tells Juan never to doubt her and that even though she may be far away from him he’ll always be in her thoughts. They kiss some more and he tells her passionately how much he loves her, that it’s as if he had "fire in his blood."
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At the Bad Love Bar in Rosario’s dressing room, Ofelia is telling Rosario that Fernando’s threat was just another one of his many and that nothing will probably happen to her son. Rosario says she doesn’t think Ofelia knows what she’s talking about since she has no children and wouldn’t be able to understand the kind of extreme anxiety and fear Rosario now feels knowing that her child is in danger. Ofelia says Rosario is like a daughter to her and the only thing she can advise her is to stay the heck away from Eva and Franco and to just put an end to it all already.

Fernando is standing outside his bedroom door, skulking and sulking, lying in wait for the most opportune moment to sneak into Sofia’s bedroom and make his move. He thinks back to Gabi questioning him about whether he truly loves Sofia or whether this has become an obsession for him because of Sofia’s continual rejection. He thinks to himself, “Of course I don’t love her. Yes, it’s an obsession because I cannot have her, and an obsession that is killing me! “and he begins to squirm around, thinking of how badly he wants her. He spies Eva coming up the stairs and hides from view and then he squirms and skulks some more.

Eva now goes into Jimena’s room to ask about the purse Rosendo was looking for. Jimena admits it was the first thing she could think to say to him since Juan was up in Sofia’s bedroom. Eva stops in her tracks as nervous and impactada as Jimena.

Back in her bed Sofia tells Juan that she wanted to die when she thought that the two of them would never be together. He tells her never to think like that again because he’ll always be there for her. He reminds her that she needs to make a decision because they need to be together if they love each other, but Sofia says she can’t and that she feels trapped because of it. He asks her to run away with him again and tells her he’s not the type to sneak around rather than facing up to things openly and he’s tired of coming in there like a thief in the night to see her. He tells her she’s a courageous woman and she cannot allow their happiness to escape them and says again she needs to make a decision.

In town again in the Reyes’ bedroom, we see Franco and Oscar lying in bed in their tighty and very tidy whities. It seems Franco’s out cold, but Oscar is still up and thinking of how much he loves Jimena, but he admits to himself that he loves her money just as much.

At the same time, Jimena and Eva go downstairs so that Eva can distract Rosendo while Jimena waits to see what’s happening with Fernando and to warn Juan. Fernando is still skulking through the upstairs hallways and now works his way towards Sofia’s bedroom door. Inside Sofia’s room Juan is still trying to talk Sofia into running away with him. Sofia refuses again to abandon her mother. He says he’s abandoning his brothers and he will do it willingly just to be be happy together with her. Suddenly they are startled by a turn on the doorknob of the bedroom door.

Sofia is frightened and worriedly begs Juan to leave before they discover him, but instead of running away Juan would rather confront her family once and for all. She persuades him to go eventually and he shinnies down the rope after (stepping in the mess on the floor and) one last kiss. Jimena anxiously watches from the office doorway as Fernando tries to break open the lock on Sofia’s door.

The noise Fernando’s making wakes up Gabi and she asks him if they’re going to be staying up all night or what. He explains that Sofia’s door is locked from the inside and so he thought somebody must be in her room with her. Jimena quickly sneaks outside to warn Juan.


Outside Juan finds Jimena waiting there for him as he drops down from the rope. She tells him to hurry away before Rosendo gets back and then she shinnies back up the rope to the balcony and runs into Sofia’s bedroom. Sofia is surprised to see Jimena run in from the balcony window and keeps asking her what’s going on. In the confusion Jimena tells her there’s no time to explain, and begs her to just to jump into bed, close her eyes and pretend she’s asleep. Then Jimena musses up her hair, puts on a sleepy look and unlocks the door where Mama and Nonefer Nando are waiting. All they see is Sofia still asleep in her bed and a very sleepy-looking Jimena.

Jimena explains that she must have locked the door without thinking when she came in to check on her sister and then accidentally fell asleep. Fernando takes the opportunity to say he’s worried about Sofia and that he’ll stay with her now. Jimena says no, she’ll stay with her the rest of the night, but first she needs to leave a minute to get her robe. Gabi insists Jimena is right and they all leave together. Jimena shuts the door behind them. Sofia opens her eyes and thanks her lucky stars. Outside Juan rides away thinking to himself that he knows now that Sofia truly loves him and he swears he’ll fight to keep her. At the same time, Sofia, lying in her bed and smiling broadly, whispers to herself. “Juan does love me! Oh, I am sooo happy!”

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Permalink posted by Jardinera654 @ 12:05 PM 67 comments

Original title: "The forces of heaven and hell fight over who gets to live in Glory, Val stages a hunger strike and Luci learns the importance of checking your day planner..." ----I ran out of room on the title section.

I had to run off to get fitted for a crown. I'll finish the last few minutes in the comments in a couple of hours. Have you guys noticed they’ve changed the credits to include Mili in the woods, Luci with Nestor, and Al with crazy Flo? I’d been fast-forwarding through the credits and just noticed the changes. In case I screw up the tags, again, feel free to work the appropriate voodoo to make this available through the link for Guapos.

When we last left our heroes, Andrea worries Connie found out the scoop about the embezzling, but he comes up behind her and she figures he can’t be that mad at her if he wants to make out. Luci walks in on them and says, “don’t mind me, I just need Andrea fired, go back to what you were doing.” Andrea asks Connie to say something.

Mat the Rat tries to convince Mili he was never after her money and it was all grandpa’s scheme. Mili makes him sweat a little, but ends up caving ‘cause she hasn’t quite perfected her family gift for telling and spotting lies. He offers to give up as her rep, but she says no way! Having said that, she makes it clear they can be nothing more than friends. He says it’s for now and she clarifies it’s for now, and for later, and for the duration, they are to be friends and nothing more... He agrees and they go off to add Hugo to this menage-a-que?

Connie reminds Luci she has no voice or vote in the business and therefore has no right to tell him who can work there. She asks why he told her to come then, and he says he wanted to address some family business. If Andrea’s presence bugs her though, she’s free to leave. Oh snap! He goes to the boardroom and Andrea gives Luci a smug smile. Luci warns her not celebrate just yet ‘cause Connie’s going to kick her to the curb once he tires of her. He’s the kind of guy who only likes new things and disdains what’s used. Andrea replies it’s not things that are used, just things that are old. She says Connie dreams of making her his wife (honey, not even you buy that one) and Luci laughs and says she’ll never have enough class to be Connie’s wife. Andrea replies that Luci has a surplus of years. I think Andrea took the point in this match set, but just barely.

Gloria walks over to the church as Angel works on the pews. She tells him he’s quite talented as he’s fixing up the whole convent. She hands him a “torta” (sandwich/hoagie, etc) from Sor Cachete and he sweetly offers her half. She tells him she had a big breakfast, but she’ll keep him company. He asks what she does and she tells him she’s a maid and a gardener, but what she’d really like is to be a wife and mother. He tells her he’d like to be married too someday. Gloria says aloud he’d also want to save up for ten years for this and he impresses her by saying if he had a girlfriend, he’d get married tomorrow.

Back at the Belmonte board meeting, Hugo informs Connie that Mili will sit this one out since she’s got Mat to handle things for her. Connie announces someone’s been embezzling money and Damian foolishly suggests the guilty party should go to jail (way to dig your own grave Asshat!) to which Connie agrees, but wanted to make sure all were in favor. Mat asks when they’ll get the audit results and Connie says the accountant will be right in with them. Damian is outraged and can’t believe there are thieves in the company! Connie smiles and asks, “you mean besides yourself?” Damian’s not amused. Alonso the accountant walks in and announces that it was indeed an embezzlement by someone who transferred money from the company to a personal account. Damian insists on a name and is informed the guilty party is none other than himself. He’s impactado and finally realizes he’s been set up.

Angel asks Gloria if he can say something without her getting upset. He tells her she looks beautiful today, and that her dress looks great on her. He has to get back to work so the benches are ready for 2:00 PM mass. Gloria offers to help ‘cause she now has the morning off (hmmm, did she just decide that part?) Sor Cachete comes in to tell them she picked tonight’s movie. Since Gloria said friends go to the movies as a group, Sor Cachete will be joining them tonight... Gotta love a scheming nun ;) She tells them she wants popcorn...and chocolates.

Luci asks Damian how he could do this and he replies he’d never take money without Connie’s consent (tonight’s theme is say things that wouldn’t be true in a million years). Connie comes in announcing the cops are coming and so is a judge ‘cause he pulled some strings. He asks Mat to handle the legal side and advises Damian to get himself a good lawyer. Damian asks Hugo for help and he says he hopes this has nothing to do with the money they transferred from the Cayman’s to Switzerland. Both Connie and Damian try to backpedal fast on this one. Luci wants to know the skinny on this account and Connie says it was supposed to be a surprise... He advises Damian to repent and tell him if the money he moved to Hugo’s account was also “theirs.”

At Casa Belmonte, Karla follows Val around and actually mirrors every single move she makes. Val’s fed up and warns her that she’ll pay for this one. Lina walks in and tells Val the kitchen sink is stopped up and Val tells her to call the plumber. In an example of excellent service, there is a knock at the door and Lina opens it to reveal Rocky saying: “The plumber has arrived!” Karla asks how he got there so fast and he responds it’s “service waters.” I don’t think it’s supposed to make sense. He asks Karla if she’s the owner and when she starts to say no he turns to Val and asks her to lead him to the faulty pipes.

Back at the garden Chamuco is glad Gloria’s no longer angry with him and she tells him to just stop making up things that haven’t happened. She asks him if she looks good and he says off course! They have a long argument about how he should always tell her if she looks good. He asks if he should also tell her when she looks bad ‘cause sometimes the outfits don’t work. Gloria says he should be honest about such things. Scratch that, she should always look good to him, otherwise maybe they should just break up. She runs off crying while a shell-shocked Chamuco laments his honesty.

The cops also traveled through service waters and have handcuffed Damian. The judge goes through Damian’s pockets and asks if the checkbook he just pulled from Damian’s pocket is his. He says of course and instantly regrets it when the judge finds a deposit slip for a whole bunch of money. Damian’s now convinced that Connie’s behind it all. Connie warns him he’ll make sure he goes to jail for 20 years. The cops exit with Damian and Connie then musses to himself that he’s gonna miss him.

Rocky’s under the sink with a monkey wrench but is immediately distracted by Val’s legs. Karla brings him back to reality and he starts spewing a bunch of nonsense with the occasional plumbing term to throw Karla. He then tells Karla she needs to hold the wrench for him lest the place gets flooded. He’s leaving with Val to look at the storm drains and they advice Karla not to move or they’ll need a “lancha” (barge) to leave the house. They run out laughing.

Over at Hugo’s office Mili asks if his dad is really going to jail. Hugo tells him Damian asked for it and hopes some time in the slammer will straighten him out. Mili warns it could be worse as many people just pick up tricks in prison. Hugo wants to change the subject to what happened with Mat. She doesn’t want to go into it but says they had a fight and he wanted to quit, but she won’t let him. “Much like you won’t let me quit being your boyfriend” says Hugo. Mili says nobody quits on her and he replies he’ll be the first ‘cause it’s obvious she and Al are in love and he wants to help and she won’t let her, blah, blah, blah...”he’s my brother” interjects Mili. Hugo blabs some more before it hits him and he’s impactado. He runs over to console her and calls her his “niña” (little girl). She begs him not to leave her and he says he never will. He asks if she’s sure and she tells him a brief recap of her mom and Connie’s romance (with a brief interruption to clarify Connie didn’t rape her mom. It’s a sad reflection on Connie that this is the first thought that would cross his nephew’s mind). Hugo realizes she’s the grandkid Regina had been looking for.

Val and Rocky are making out and she asks him to remove the beard ‘cause it’s itchy. He says he can’t ‘cause he used a ton of glue and fears his whole face will come off when he finally removes it. She’s worried about Karla and he tells her she deserves it for being a metiche. He wants to spend as much time with Val as possible ‘cause he doesn’t know when they’ll get another chance to see each other. She assures him that Connie will get over his anger ‘cause she’s his treasure and he won’t keep her locked up forever. I wonder if it’s always pink and sunny in her fantasy world... Rocky suggests Connie do some aerobics to work out his rage ‘cause he thinks it will be a while before he’s over it and doubts he’ll ever accept Rocky as the man for Val. She tells them they must run away then. Somewhere nice and far where he’ll never find them. Rocky’s worried that he has nothing to offer her. He promises he’ll raise some funds so they can run away but Val’s not sure she can wait. He doesn’t want her to starve and she says that’s fine (ah, foreshadowing). They have to do this now or never.

Mili now cries that it isn’t fair that she doesn’t love Hugo the way he loves her. They go over a lengthy metaphor about how her heart is like a broken leg that can’t walk, but he’ll fit it with a cast and help her walk again. He then asks if Al knows and she says he does, but Hugo has to swear her won’t tell anyone else (‘cause there’s still a person or two in China that don’t know about this) including his dad. Hugo promises to keep her secret. She laments how unfair it is that it was her brother she... Hugo finishes saying it was her brother than she fell in love with. He tells her he’s very patient and will make sure she forgets about Al – well, not completely forget him, but at least she’ll be able to love him the way she’s supposed to love him (like a brother). He says he now has hope that maybe one day she will fall in love with him.

Karla screams for the plumber as Connie comes in and asks WTF is going on? Karla says she can’t leave ‘cause the plumber warned her if she let go of the wrench the house would flood. He asks where Val went and she tells him Val went with the plumber to find the “pluvial” (rain gutter). Connie calls her an idiot and she’s quite offended. He asks where they went and she points dejectedly. She decides the place can flood for all she cares. She lets go of the wrench and screams “Idiot!” when nothing happens. Connie walks in on Val and Rocky kissing and Rocky tries to calm his “suegro” (father in law) and Connie responds by ripping off his beard in one quick and painful tear.

Gloria arrives in her room and Lina asks why she’s so sad. Gloria tells her she broke up with Chamuco. Lina doesn’t get it ‘cause Gloria loves Chamuco and he’s crazy about Gloria. Gloria replies he’s no longer romantic and it’s the 10-year courtship that’s bugging her. Lina tells her time flies, but Gloria emphasizes that it’s 10 YEARS not just months. Lina agrees it’s a long time. Gloria also complains she never sees him ‘cause he’s got three jobs and is always working. Lina reminds her Chamuco has a great sense of humor and this reminds Gloria that he never seems to take things seriously. To him even dating is a joke. She then fesses up to meeting someone new and going to the movies with him tonight.

Connie has Rocky by the scruff and says he’ll kill him. He tells him he’s got good news and bad news. The good news is that he’s going to kick him out. The bad news is that he might as well forget Val ‘cause he’s shipping her out of the country. Rocky says he’ll have to go through him and Connie accepts the invitation and starts punching and kicking him. Val screams at Connie that she hates him.

Hugo comes into Al’s room. Al asks about Damian’s arrest and Hugo says dad asked for it and Connie said he was just going to teach him a lesson but was going to get him out as well. Al warns him not to trust Connie and suggests that Hugo help Damian himself. Hugo says he won’t because he’s still hurt his dad used him for some shady business deals. He wants Al to know that he’s aware of the fact he and Mili are “hermanos.” He promises Al that he’ll take care of Mili and will do everything in his power to make her happy.

Over at the kitchen Socorro asks Chamuco why he’s not telling any jokes. He asks if she knows where Gloria is and she assumes it’s a riddle. He then tells her that he and Gloria had a fight and he wants to talk to her and straighten things out. Lina walks in and Chamuco asks if she knows where Gloria went. She too asks if it’s a riddle. He says he just wants to find her. Lina points out that it’s an easy mistake considering he’s always telling jokes. She asks why Gloria’s mad at him and he says it’s ‘cause he was stupid, but he really loves Gloria. Lina warns him to work fast ‘cause Gloria has another galán that she went to the movies with. If he snoozes he’ll loose.

Back at the vulcanizadora, Horacio wonders why Chamuco never showed up. He and Pepe have some misheard words, including Pepe thinking Horacio was insulting his grandmother. Rocky arrives looking like... well, the other Rocky. Horacio asks how his visit went and he tells them Connie found him and broke his face. Horacio consoles him telling him Connie didn’t break his face, just disfigured it on one side. Rocky says Connie can hit him all he wants, but he better not hurt his Val. This is war.

Connie tells Val to save the tears ‘cause he won’t be moved. She tells him he’s an evil monster and he replies he’s only looking out for her. He wants to know why she’s no longer interested in modeling and she says all she wants is to marry Morgan. Connie can’t believe she’s still not over the guy. He reminds her she’s going to one of the most prestigious modeling schools in the world. She says she won’t go. He can’t understand how she could fall in love with a chauffer and she reminds him that he fell in love with a maid and left her a half sibling they don’t even know how to find. They are the same, but the difference is she won’t betray her love like he did. (You go girl!). Connie informs her she’s leaving Mexico, case closed. He exits and she thought-bubbles that nobody’s dragging her away.

Over at the movie theater Sor Cachete is singing the praises of the movie they are about to see which features some great kissing! Gloria asks if she’s seen it and our nun says she read the reviews. Angel mentions that as a child he always dreamed of a movie romance. Sor Cachete informs them that the Chamuco (actually “the devil”, not just the nickname) has landed. Chamuco asks Gloria if that’s why she dumped him? To go out with this guy? Angel tells Chamuco to knock it off and Chamuco tells him to stay out of it, since he doesn’t even know him. Introductions are made and Angel says “since you’re the Chamuco (the devil), I’m sending you straight to hell.” Chamuco: “you and what army you cardboard angel?” They start to scuffle and Sor Cachete gets in between advising them Chamuco’s not the devil, Angel’s not a cardboard angel, and this is not a pastorela ("Pastourelle," an often humorous morality play usually featuring a knight and a shepherdess. In Mexico they tend to stage them for Christmas). She tells them to calm down and Chamuco says he can’t when they’re trying to steal his future wife. Gloria starts to telling him off and then ra ecord screech tells us she’s realized what he’s called her. She asks if they’re no longer going to wait 10 years, and he says no, ‘cause he doesn’t want to lose her. Sor Cachete consoles Angel telling him they at least got to see their movie kiss. Gloria asks when they’re getting married and Chamuco replies: “how about in five years?” Gloria makes a sad face, but figures it’s a start... Chamuco tells her time will fly by.

It’s a few days later and Socorro is telling Karla she warned her that Damian was a “delinquente” (criminal). Karla says he isn’t (how soon we forget about the kidnapping, the blackmailing, etc.) and says that Damian was set up. Soco says Damian’s a mafioso and Karla says mom doesn’t like him ‘cause he loves her. Soco clarifies if he loved her, he would have married her by now. More arguing on the subject until Luci walks in. Karla begs Luci to help Damian. Luci tells her to stop playing the suffering wife ‘cause it ain’t ever gonna happen. Karla says “then help him ‘cause he’s your brother!” Luci says Damian dug his own grave (literally, “se echó la soga al cuello” – he threw the noose on his neck). Karla cries and Luci tells her to knock it off and help her finish planning her son’s wedding.

Over at the prison, Andrea thanks Damian for not squealing on her. He tells her not to thank him, but let him out!! Why hadn’t she come sooner? She tells him that she wanted to make sure she had info to give him and it looks like he’s going away for a while. He asks her to at least pay his bail and she says the judge said no bail, thanks to Connie’s influence. That and there is a ton of proof against him – an account in his name with all the missing money, a deposit slip, etc. He tells her she’s gotta help him or he’s taking her down with him. She reminds him he has no proof she was in on it. She never signed anything and never even saw a dime. Still, she’s going to talk to Connie and see if she can get him to drop the charges. Damian thanks her ‘cause he wasn’t meant for prison. Is he afraid he’s too pretty? Isn’t it sad that the only people that have any desire to help him are the skank he’s perpetually blackmailing and the skank he keeps deceiving? Perhaps he should rethink the way he treats people....

Braulio comes up to Connie and informs him that Val now not only refuses to come out of her room, she’s refusing to eat and says she’d rather starve to death than to be sent away. Connie assures Braulio she’ll come out when she’s hungry. Val tries to meditate on how she doesn’t need food. Brau now tries to entice Val to eating telling her Soco made some huevos rancheros with lots of crispy bacon...and a side of buttered beans. Not to mention crepes, strawberries flambe, and coconut flan with white wine for this afternoon’s dessert. Val tells him to scram or she’ll stop breathing. Val refuses to answer answer her phone and we later realize the calls are from Connie. Now Luci tries to come into Val’s room and threatens to throw down the door. Val yells that she’s not going anywhere while she repeats her mantra “I hate strawberries flambe...”

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Antonia tells Soledad that she went for a walk. Soledad can’t believe she was walking for all the time she was gone and moreover Antonia smells of tobacco and alcohol. Antonia laughs offs the idea. She tells Soledad that she is so happy the baby is back, that Daniel has left guards outside so that they are all safe and oh by the way, Daniel is a great guy. Soledad says that is the only thing they talk about here. Antonia now reveals to Soledad some of what Dr. Dan confided to her as George the pianist: that Dr. Dan is dying of love for Soledad; that he loves her with all his heart and with him, she would never be heartbroken; she is sure that he would give his life for her. Antonia asks Soledad to think about it.

At the Hacienda, Alcides is, what else, eating nuts. Hercu-less comes in and reports that he arranged for the letter that Alcides gave him to be mailed in Alcala and it will be delivered tomorrow morning. “Perfect,” Alcides says to him, “Go get some rest.” Herc leaves. Alcides says that now no one will suspect that Michelle is dead. Now he needs a way to get Dr. Dan out of his way.

Margot is in bed alone. She has multiple flashbacks to things that happened yesterday. She can’t understand why she keeps thinking about Arturo. Herc comes in. They kiss. Herc asks her what happened. She tells him that she told Arturo that she missed Herc and he let her go. Now she is his, only his.

Alcides is obsessed with nuts. Hugo is obsessed with fruit. Hugo is having breakfast and remarks on how sweet the raspberries are (‘Qué tal la dulzura de estas frambuesas’). His neighbor’s daughter gave them to him. He says that today he is going to forge a special sword to give to Michelle. Boris says that Hugo looks happy today and ready to formalize his relationship with Michelle. “I can’t continue to be committed to something impossible, Boris,” says Hugo, “Soledad and I can’t be.” There’s a knock at the door. Boris takes delivery of a letter from Michelle to Hugo.

Soledad is in her ‘mine cave in’ yellow dress. She tells Ursula that Hugo should see the baby before he leaves to find Michelle. Ursula asks if it is just the baby that Hugo should see. Soledad gives her a look and Ursula says that it will give her an opportunity to see Boris.

Ester is sewing and Antonia comes in and says good morning. Ester asks where Antonia was last night. Antonia spins a tale of a rich friend of Paquito’s who wants to learn to play the piano but only at night. Ester asks his name and Antonia says, Oscar Sand. She produces the money that she earned and Ester is impactada. Antonia says that she promised to maintain the house.

Hugo is carrying around the letter unopened. Boris asks if he is going to read it. Hugo says that he has a strange feeling that this letter is going to change the rest of his life. Hugo notes that it was postmarked two days ago; the day that Michelle disappeared. Hugo reads the letter aloud:

Dear Hugo: I can’t express in words what I feel in my heart. I want to be yours but I can’t. First, because I feel that I am hurting Soledad. Second, because I see in your eyes that you have never stopped loving her. (Soledad and Ursula have come into the room behind him.) I was yours for the first time and it was beautiful but in your eyes and on your lips Soledad’s name was always there. As long as she is between us, we will never be happy. Not her, not you and not I. (Hugo gives a big sigh and put the letter down.) He says that is why she left San Marino without saying goodbye to me. He turns and sees Soledad standing there. Soledad tells Hugo that she couldn’t help overhearing him read the letter (she could have knocked). She says that Michelle was completely right to leave. Hugo says that he wasn’t expecting her. “You told me you were leaving town to find Michelle,” says Soledad, “I brought the baby so you could say goodbye to her.” Ursula has actually brought the blanket named Aurora but Hugo dutifully kisses it. Soledad starts to cry. She says the letter is horrible. Michelle must be suffering so much. Michelle is Soledad’s friend. She has been with Soledad in her worst times. “She saved my life,” says Hugo, “Thanks to her and Dr. Dan, I’m cured of catalepsy. But she has made her decision.”
S: Pushed by us, Hugo. It’s our fault. You need to go and talk to her. You must convince her that it’s not true; that’s she wrong.
H: No. No, Soledad. It’s true. However much we try and deny it.
S: No. There is no future for us. Out of respect for all the people around us: Dr. Dan, Michelle, my family and even Alcides, who have all been trying to persuade me, we have to separate. We have to take different roads. Please. You have to look for Michelle. Try to be happy with her – for us.
H: And you?
S: I know what I have to do. Goodbye Hugo.
Hugo suffers.

Alcides is lurking outside the Obragon house. He says that the only way to get past the security is to kill the guards. He says that there must be another way to get to the treasure.

Paquito tells Pierre that the opening of the cabaret was a big success. He is going to be rich. Pierre gives him the receipts and the bills and goes to bed. Paquito sees something on the couch behind him. He uncovers Deborah, one of his waitresses. She is dead. What a problem! (I may not have mentioned in yesterday’s recap that Deborah was the waitress serving Arturo at the cabaret.)

Hercu-less wakes up alone in bed. He calls for Margot. He wonders where she went so early. Margot is at the foot of Arturo’s bed. Arturo is dreaming a flashback to the May 2 episode when he vowed to wipe out Alcides and his family. Here is how I recapped that scene:

>>>Arturo is instructing his men on what they are to do: show no mercy and leave no witnesses. Gladis asks him what’s going on and why everyone is armed. Arturo tells her to get back to the kitchen; this is a guy thing (good luck there, Arturo. We know who really wears the pants in your family). Gladis demands to know what he is planning. Arturo says that he is going to kill Alcides and all his family, all of them. Gladis is impactada. She tries to get him to change his mind. Surely, as an intelligent man, he can think of a better way to get his money back than killing everyone? Once they are all dead, how is he going to get his money anyway? Arturo says he will plunder the hacienda. Gladis asks if he wants to spend the rest of his life in jail but Arturo says that he has the authorities under his control.<<<

Arturo wakes up and sees Margot. He asks what she is doing there.

Eloisa (in an amazing green dressing gown with huge ruched sleeves and her hair down) says that Alcides must have something very important to tell her to come this early.
Alcides says that it is hot in here. He takes off his coat. He can’t get to the treasure. However, someone with access to the Obragon house could do so. He wants to make a deal: Eloisa will go into where the treasure is and take the money they need. Eloisa is impactada.

Hugo is in the forge. He appears to be making a sword while the ‘Mi sufrimento,’ song is playing. In no time at all, he has a beautiful polished sword with a fancy gold hilt. “Soledad was right,” he says, “My future is with Michelle. Michelle, my belle.”

Dr. Dan has come to take Soledad to the hospital. Lucas says that she went out very early. She comes back in and asks Dr. Dan to wait a minute (she’s going for the ring, I bet). Lucas says that he knows Soledad very well. Something is going on. The Obragon witches come in. Antonia flashes back to meeting Dr. Dan in the cabaret but he doesn’t appear to make any connection. Soledad comes back and asks them all to listen to what she is going to say to Dr. Dan. She says that being his friend has been a privilege but from now on things are going to be very different between them. She says that she will marry him (‘Acepto ser tu novia’). Dr. Dan asks her to repeat it. Dr. Dan wonders if he is dreaming. Soledad shows that she is wearing his engagement ring. Dr. Dan is happy like a 6 year old who’s been given a lollipop. Ester happily and Lucas reluctantly welcome Dr. Dan to the family. Dr. Dan says that he didn’t expect an answer so quickly. Soledad says that she discussed it with her family and they all agreed that marrying him was a good idea for her and her daughter. Dr. Dan suggests celebrating at the new cabaret that evening and announcing his good news to all of San Marino. The cabaret is in the French style and has a wonderful pianist (I’m sure Ester would love it!). Antonia is impactada.

Paquito says that he doesn’t deserve problems like this right after the inauguration. He wonders who killed Deborah. He tries to think what to do. He tells the body that he has to get rid of her. He doesn’t know who did this or why but he can’t let it ruin him.

Eloisa ask if Alcides is asking her to go inside the treasure vault in the Obragon house without anyone seeing. Alcides says yes. Eloisa says that if the guards could see Alcides, they could see her. Alcides replies that as Soledad’s friend, she can come and go in the house without arousing suspicion. He says that the treasure vault has two entrances: one is outside in the garden near the patio and other… (first we’ve heard of a second entrance). Eloisa refuses to listen. She says that she doesn’t want to know anything. She believes Alcides is setting a trap to kill her. He wants her to enter the treasure vault and be killed.

Margot tells Arturo that she snuck into the house when Gladis and the maid went to mass. Arturo was asleep so she made him breakfast. Arturo is suspicious. He thinks she has come to spy on him for Alcides.

Hercu-less wanders around his house drinking milk (out of the bottle).

Dr.Dan is all excited about celebrating his engagement at the cabaret but Antonia is horrified. She says that it is a place of sin. Dr. Dan says that they can have a celebration at the house with the baby. Soledad says that she doesn’t want to celebrate at all. She says that she means it should just be a family event. Whatever, says Dr. Dan. Lucas, Ester and Antonia leave. Soledad turns around and Ursula has disappeared (we can guess where she’s gone!) Dr. Dan says to Soledad that now that they are alone, he would like the truth: why did she become his fiancée? A few days ago, she wasn’t sure. Was it for love or to distance herself from Hugo?

At the forge, Hugo is polishing the sword he made. He flashes back to giving the other sword to Michelle and to asking Michelle to give time a chance to heal his wounds. Boris comes in and says that without doubt, this sword is his best work to date. Hugo says that it will be a good present for Michelle. He hopes that she will forgive him. She is a great woman with a noble and generous heart. She doesn’t deserve to suffer. Hugo hands the sword to Boris, turns away and sighs, “Soledad.”

Eloisa says that she won’t fall into the same trap as Rebeca and Michelle. She won’t let Alcides kill her. Alcides demonstrates that he could kill her right now by drawing his guns. She agrees to go into the treasure chamber. Alcides tells her that there is an entrance inside the house where the guards won’t see her. Eloisa has three long and very bizarre flashbacks that seem to have absolutely nothing to do with the story.

Soledad tells Dr. Dan that she agreed to marry him for various reasons. He is a marvelous man, noble, good… Dr. Dan interrupts and says that he has a feeling she still hasn’t told him the most important reason. Soledad says that something happened that helped her make her decision and it was the letter that Hugo received this morning from Michelle. Dr. Dan asks when it was written. Soledad says that she doesn’t know but Hugo got it this morning. Dr. Dan says that Soledad just came back from seeing Hugo. She explains about taking the baby to say goodbye to Hugo before he goes after Michelle. She gets back to the letter. She says that it gives the reason that Michelle left San Marino and the main reason was her, Soledad. She feels guilty for that. Dr. Dan says that it is true then that Michelle left town. Soledad says yes, Michelle has returned to her country. That is one of the reasons Soledad has agreed to marry him. She knows that the only way for Hugo and Michelle to be happy is if she, Soledad, stays away from Hugo for good. Dr. Dan says then Soledad didn’t accept his proposal for his sake. She did it for Hugo. Soledad asks if Dr. Dan remembers that she told him before that she wasn’t ready for a new relationship. That hasn’t changed. Her heart hasn’t recovered. Dr. Dan kisses Soledad on the cheek and hugs her. The credits roll.

Tomorrow: Hugo carries Soledad off on horseback

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Yadi concludes her fight with Nidia by telling Nidia to watch her granddaughter, she (Yadi) is going to say goodbye to dead Angarita, it's the least he deserves!

Kike sadly tells Delirio the bad news, Anga had a heart attack and is caput! Delirio claps his hands and says he feels like buying flowers. I think according to telenovela morality he has just reserved himself a jail cell.

Paula tells S2 that Anga died. S2 says (in front of Paula) that he wants to call Poor Pastor to console him. He is irritated to learn that Juan is already with Pastor. Bested once again by the chauffeur.

S2 bugs Paula AGAIN about their 'relationship'. Can't they just leave the door open? No, she insists, the door is permanently closed and so is this subject! "You're not leaving me," he mutters...after she leaves.

Juan tells Anga that Nidia accidentally unplugged his monitor with her purse and poor Gaytan nearly had his own heart attack. Anga is depressed, he says he should have died, what good is life when you don't have anyone to share it with? Juan tries to cheer Anga up but his weird antics annoy Anga. Juan thought bubbles that he'll not throw in the towel, no señor, Juan Dominguez doesn't abandon his friends. Anga looks pained.

La Doctora tells Pastor that Anga is OK but his condition is delicate. (No kidding sister, you broke his rib and almost killed him!) She says they should operate but unfortunately he has Very Rare Blood, B negative. Poor Pastor is sad because he doesn't have that blood type. He'll help find a donor because time is of the essence. (Oh my, I wonder where in the world he might find somebody with that Very Rare Blood type?)

S2 calls Pastor to offer his condolences and is impactado to hear that Anga is alive. S2 tells Paula and tries to brown nose her by saying he offered moral support to Pastor on behalf of the company.

Delirio visits Nidia in her room and pretends to console her. She calls him a hypocrite because he's skipping on one foot (jumping for joy). He tries to argue, saying she's crying for her LOVER, but she insists Anga was only her friend. She demands that he leave her alone with her pain. He tries the "we still have each other" ploy which only succeeds in making her look really irritated and fed up.

Marely comforts Nidia. The dramatic music begins and Nidia says Marely should know that Anga believed Yadi is his daughter.

At the hospital, Yadi runs to Pastor and sobs her eyes out, but not her makeup off. She must use industrial strength eyeliner. Pastor tells her they are the only ones who can keep Anga from deteriorating. "Que?!? Aren't there professionals for that?" she asks, "forensics or morticians or something? Why us?" Pastor figures out what's up with her and asks didn't Juan tell her? Anga is alive! She skips on one foot.

Uh oh, Hillary shows up at Farell looking for Juan. Rosi announces her to Paula who sarcastically says she'll see Señorita Paaahreees. Hillary greets Paula graciously as usual. Paula might have gone to college but she sure never went to charm school.

Anga is thrilled to see Yadi. She kisses his hand and says nothing would make her happier than to be his daughter, she should never have thought badly of him. He tells her she's eased his conscience and she cries until the nurse kicks her out.

Hillary wastes her breath by complimenting Paula. Paula smugly announces that Juan is out. Hillary reveals that she'll see Juan that night at the dinner to celebrate their engagement. Paula is muy, pero muy impactada.

Hillary fills Paula in on her relationship with Juan, he's so great, not a money grubber, simple, genuine, not plastic like so many others, at his side she feels like the most fortunate woman in the world. Pauls smugly agrees, of course! Hillary, always the lady (though a little tiresome in her accolades of Juan), leaves after thanking Paula warmly. Paula spits fire, "She thinks she's his girlfriend...he's an imbecile!!"

Back at the hospital Pastor and La Doctora walk down the hall discussing Anga's Rare Blood Type. Gosh, who should run into them but Yadi. Guess what? She's blood type B negative! Pastor thanks God and gives her a funny look, doesn't she think this is too much of a coincidence? She tells him she's given blood many times and so far the recipient has not been a parent, so no.

CL goes home enraged and pours himself a drink. He yells to Sandro that he doesn't want to spend another second in the same office where all his plans were destroyed due to the stupidity of a woman in love with that boor!

Paula tells Ivonne that Juan hasn't changed, he's betraying Marely with "that woman". Ivonne says that men are all cut from the same cloth. Paula bitches some more and Ivonne points out that Paula seems to be eaten up by jealousy and anger herself.

Rosi calls Paula's office and tells Ivonne that Juan just arrived. Ivonne and Paula are beside themselves, and I gotta say there is a veritable plethora of bosoms heaving in anger in this office. Ivonne makes horn signs and says on behalf of all women she should say something. No no no, insists Paula, Juan must be put in his place and she wants to do it!

Juan finally calls Marely and shares the good news that Anga is alive.

Ivonne reports to Juan and tells him there is a message from Hillary Paris. He is supposed to go to her place for dinner tonight. He pauses for half a second then gives her a work assignment, make a list of all the employees and find out their blood type. It's for Don Angarita and hurry up!

Nidia is STILL crying in her room. Marely runs in with great news, Anga is alive! Nidia asks if Marely is telling her this because she (Nidia) lies in suicide's arms? She saw him die, what happened? Marely tells her and we get another flashback of Nidia's offending purse. Nidia becomes happily hysterical and spins in circles.

Juan summons Fer to help out with finding a donor. Fer thinks his blood type is A. Juan tells him it's close to the bullet, but no. (Cerca de la bala, maybe means "close but no cigar"?)

Paula arrives and wants to talk to Juan. He looks at her stupidly and happily, she heard the good news, eh? Paula gets to the point, Hillary Paris stopped by and they had a good long chat. Juan gulps and thought bubbles that he wishes the earth would swallow him up. Paula's claws come out and she attacks...Heeeelary told her that SHE is Juan's official girlfriend! Paula calls him a cynic, how could he go with Hillary and Marely at the same time?

Pastor calls Nidia to tell her about Anga's operation. She excitedly says she's on her way down to give blood. Pastor reveals that Anga has a Very Rare Blood type and it turns out Yadi has the same. Nidia is muy impactada.

Juan tries to explain his predicament to Paula, that Hillary assumed they were novios and he couldn't tell her the truth in the middle of the meal and in front of everyone, and anyway he thought Marely was in Spain. He promises he will clear things up with Hillary that very night. Paula tells him he'd better because when he chose one novia he lost his chance with all the others, got it? Juan thought bubbles, "Check out how this one on sandals comes to click her heels at me!" (Meaning she's accusing me of the same thing she did to me. This is from our vocab list, hoorah!) He brushes under his chin and exclaims "Gorgeous!"

Gutis busts his way in to Casa Cachón and demands to speak with Delirio. He yells that his clients deposited much more money into the accounts than Delirio said! Delirio sheperds Gutis into the den under Nidia's spying eye. Delirio swears it must have been a bank error. He and Gutis argue over honor among thieves while Nidia's ear is glued to the door. Delirio finally admits he took a little but it was only for his commission. Gutis demands that it all get returned immediately or Delirio will never survive the wrath of Paula Davila when she finds out that Gutis and Delirio falsified Samuel Cachon's will. Nidia shakes her head and clenches her fist.

Pastor asks La Doctora to run a DNA test to see if Anga and Yadi are related.

Gutis loudly threatens Delirio that Nidia will find out Delirio never sacrificed anything for her, that he never spent time in jail for her. Delirio had better deposit the money back into the bank or else! Nidia scurries around the corner as Gutis blasts through the door. She faces Delirio and accuses, "You never went to jail for me?!?"

Ivonne asks Paula, is she making Juan toe the line on behalf of Marely or for herself?

Nidia calls Delirio all sorts of nasty names. He begs to talk but she interrupts with a whole new barrage of insults. He wheedles, she rolls up a paper and starts whacking him like he's a naughty dog, which of course he is. She insists she'll not spend another moment next to him. She tells him "This little flower bud (insert chomi chomi wiggle) just bloomed and is off to check her mail!" The despondent violins play in Delirio's head.

Marely finds Nidia packing and says she thought Nidia went to the hospital. Nidia tells her she's packing to go be with the man she loves. Marely reminds mama she's married. This sets Nidia off, Delirio never did anything for her except ruin her life! "This marriage is over!!"

Juan goes to Frankenstein's Castle where Hillary greets him with hugs and kisses, she's missed him so much. He tells her he has something important to say. He thought bubbles a quick prayer and tells her how horrible he is, all sorts of bad adjectives, plus he's a liar. "Are you breaking up with me?" she asks. "Sí."

Delirio goes to Nidia's room and has the nerve to ask where she's going. She answers that she's going...to her LOVER!! Marely's jaw drops (she's laying on the bed watching). Nidia shouts "My lover!" to the rooftops. Delirio gets on his knees then grabs her ankles, please stay! She steps on him, rolls her suitcase over his body, and exits.

Juan tries to break up with Hillary but suddenly Papa Plutarco Paris looms up, hears what's going on, and begins to breathe fire.

Delirio admits to Marely that all his sacrifices were a lie to retain Nidia. Marely tells him he's fooling himself, Nidia never loved him. She tells him to stop being pathetic and have some dignity.

Oh dear, back at the castle Papa Paris has Juan pinned on the ground and is strangling him. Papa is redder than a beet and looks like he's about to have his own heart attack. The butler pokes Papa ineffectually while Hillary begs him to stop, he's killing Juan. That's what he wants, he yells! Juan, getting blue in the face, gasps that he...can't...breathe...and any similarity to reality is purely coincidental.



Brincar en una pata = Jump for joy (Lit. skip on one foot)
Cerca de la bala pero no = Close but no cigar (Lit. close to the bullet but no)
Chulada! = Gorgeous!
Gañán = Boor, lout
Trágame tierra! = I wish the earth would swallow me up! (Lit. Swallow me, earth.)

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We open with Sofia and Juan, still at the altar please button your shirt when you are in church, Juan, he is reaming her out: "You giver of false promises, you promised to be mine forever, so come across!" With Jesus looking down upon them, Juan sounds like an irate Jewish mother: "I used to bless every moment we spent together, but now I curse the moment I met you because I'll have to live without your love." She leaks tears but he goes on and on until she leaves. Then he whispers "actually, I bless every caress we had..."

Oscar and Jimena try to convince Father Bouffy they're really in love: "I want her to be the mother of my children. Marry us right away!" "Jimena, have you thought about your mother's reaction?" "I'm not as noble as Sofia, I won't sacrifice my love. Get us married pronto!"

It turns out Rosario's dresser Ofelia is also her bouncer. She refuses to let Eva in, even when Eva says "I'm her mother." "She doesn't want to see you, get lost." Armando (formerly known as Moustache) watches.

Furd spends a lot of time in this episode tearing through the office, looking for the papers Bernardo has hidden which will prove Furd's guilt and prevent him from being lord of all he surveys. Gab keeps popping in on him and cheerily asking what he's looking for. "You're always working away, night and day, to make things good for us here at the hacienda." "What a mistake Bernardo made, to dump a beautiful gal like you for a floozie like Libia."

Talking to Bernardo's photo (Furd has removed the incriminating letter hidden in the frame) Gab announces: "Furd is right, you didn't deserve me." The next time Gab pops into the office Furd tells her it's his sacred duty to work so hard, then whispers salaciously: "I love your perfume, it's the scent of an exquisite woman, you need a man to love you as you deserve." He leans in very, very close.

Sofia is at her wimpiest in this episode. She staggers around leaking tears. Juan's not much better - when Oscar and Jimena (showing lots of midriff in church) bounce out of Father Bouffy's office they see Juan collapsed in a miserable puddle, he tells them he can't take any more and would rather die than lose Sofia's love. "It will all work out," that's the sage counsel Oscar provides.

After the commercial, Gramps tells Franco they've gotta talk about Franco and his two women. "Ah, Gramps, I'm so confused, I love them both, how I'd love to merge them into one." Gramps, who in general is the most sensible one in the entire show, delivers a demented monologue. "Women are like violets, they are hard to cultivate, they don't give themselves to just anyone, they are jealous, when they flower their beauty is unique, but if you don't take care of them they wither easily and one suffers from guilt. Do you want to watch two women wither for your sake?" (It's hard to imagine Rosario withering.) "Of course not. But I'm very confused." For some reason Eva is shown to be eavesdropping.

Rosario: "Ofelia, that woman [Eva] makes me queasy. What did she want? Did she have something to say to me?" Ofelia lies and says no.

Eva goes to the bakery and tells Gramps it's odd that he has more freedom here than at home; he says old folks, like children, mostly want affection and he's found it here. She tells him it's frustrating that Rosario won't see her and how will she find out if they are truly mother and daughter?

Furd strips, preparing to ravish Rosario, we get another look at the snake tattoo on his back. He calls her Sofia as he rubs himself over her. He later tells Moustache how Gab will do anything to keep him home, and has even suggested he find another woman to service his needs. "I'll find me a low-maintenance woman, one without baggage, and I won't give up Sofia or the hacienda, I'll have it all."

The Uribe boys are astonished, most unfavorably, to find their auntie Raquel has come home. In simultaneous announcements, Gab tells Sarita and Jimena they will be marrying the Uribe boys in a double wedding as soon as possible and Raquel delivers the same news to Tweedle dum and Tweedle dee. It appears the boys will lose their inheritances if they don't appease the oldsters.

Oscar tells Jimena not to worry, she'll marry him, not a Tweedle.

Sarita, though, is overwhelmed by her mother's barrage: "Sarita, I know you won't rebel, you won't be a putrid apple like your sisters, you're my pride, I'll see you happily married before I die - you know how delicate my health is - my heart is weaker every day - your sisters don't care, but they'll pay! You can get Gramps to come home, I'd beg on my knees but Juan won't let me in the bakery!"

Juan's brothers tell him he was awfully hard on Sofia. Sucking in his gut in a state of high emotion, Juan explains he'll never forget her, he's a man of one woman and will love her all his life. He suggests they go together down to the river, where they originally found their sister's corpse, and renew their vows of vengeance. This makes them all very cheerful.

Sofia leaks more tears and tells Eva she wants to die, she pardons Juan all his reproaches, she just wants to sleep forever. Eva goes to the bakery and reports to Juan: "Sofia wants to die after what you said. She will die of love." Then Eva goes off to the Bad Love Bar and, with terrible timing, accosts Rosaria just as she's about to go onstage and asks for a few minutes of her time. No surprise, Rosario brushes past her and goes on to sing a song about rejection, guilt, borrowed kisses, and lies. Eva is impactada, possibly because of the guilt she feels about Rosario or possibly because of the torch she carried for the married Bernardo.

At the bakery Sarita dutifully begs Gramps to come home, because his daughter Gab misses him so terribly. "Nuts, she just needs my signature on the bills, I signed things blindly when Bernardo was around but not any more. She's smart, using you this way, she'd have been a good Napoleon. Tell her I won't come back and I won't sign anything."

When Father Bouffy comes to the bakery to ask Gramps advice about Jimena and Oscar, Gramps is heartily in favor of their union.

Sarita goes home and reports on her failure to fetch Gramps back to the farm. "Is it true you want him for his bank accounts?" Gab denies it hysterically and makes a grand exit. Furd suggests Sarita tell her sisters they are killing their mother.

Sarita goes out riding on her horse and Franco follows her. Or is the other way around, who is stalking whom? They dismount, he grabs her and affixes his moray mouth to hers and there is bone-crushing suck, suck, suck. However, she appears to like it. Jimena watches from behind a bush. When Sarita runs away Jimena asks Franco: "What is this, do you love her or not?" "Of course I love her, but I love Rosario too, I'm confused." "You have to decide, don't mess with my sister." "I'll figure it out."

After a happy few hours excoriating Sofia and her tricks, Furd says he'll take her some tea. "Any other woman would want you for a husband," breathes Gab. Furd finds some ziplock bag of powder left over from Barrera de Amor and stirs it into Sofia's tea. "You'll be mine tonight." He takes it to her and watches closely as she drinks it. Soon she is sound asleep. I thought it was a date-rape drug but I think instead he's planning some sort of necrophilia abuse because Sofia is dead to the world. Then he leaves.

So joke's on Furd, because Juan comes in the window and talks to the completely passed-out Sofia endlessly about his love and strokes her hand and kisses her. [Some men prefer extremely quiet women, did you see that Almodóvar movie with two men madly in love with two women in comas?]

Suddenly Juan hears a horse whinny and shimmies down the drainpipe to escape. Furd, on the verge of ravishing the comatose Sofia, hears a whinny too and summons the hacienda workforce and their guns. Juan whistles, his horse comes running and he jumps on and escapes a la the Lone Ranger while Furd & Co. fire shots at his backside.

If there was a "tomorrow" I missed it, sorry.

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The judge tells Soledad that the church has annulled her marriage. She now has no ties to Alcides de Medina. Soledad asks if Alcides knows. The judge says no, he will bring Alcides a copy of the order tomorrow. Lucas says that they have two reasons to celebrate: the return of his granddaughter and her freedom. Lucas asks the judge to find out who kidnapped his grandchild. The judge says that the investigation is ongoing and he will be notified when there is some conclusive evidence. The judge leaves. Soledad does not look that happy to get the news of her annulment and her mother says so. Dr. Dan tells Soledad that now she is free to give her heart to whomever she wants. “Free,” says Soledad to herself, “I’m a free woman. This document only freed me from Alcides de Medina but I’m not free because my heart belongs to Hugo.”

Alcides goes up to the judge outside the Obragon house. He asks if there is news about his niece. The judge is surprised that he doesn’t know. The baby has been found. Now all that remains is to find the kidnapper or kidnappers. Alcides says that is excellent news. He hopes that those responsible will be punished. The judge says not to doubt it. The judge tells Alcides that they were discussing him inside. He gives Alcides a copy of the annulment.

While he practices some fancy gun moves, Hugo says that Michelle is incapable of harming his child. He says that tomorrow morning he will go to the police and have them check out the footprints.

Cut to the boots that made the footprints. Arturo is saying to himself that at this moment, Alcides must be having trouble with Soledad and her family. “Prepare yourself, Alcides,” says Arturo, “this is just the beginning.” He calls the maid and asks her to shine his boots. He’s going out tonight to the new cabaret.

Paquito is helping Antonia put on her wig. He assures her that no one will know that she and ‘George’ are the same person. Antonia says that she hopes so. What does he want her to play? Paquito asks if she knows the Infernal Gallop by Offenbach. Antonia says that it is a little difficult but if she has the score… Paquito says not to worry. He wants to end the night with the cancan so his girls can lift their legs and create a sensation. Antonia asks if the girls can dance to that rhythm. Paquito replies that the choreography is the dancers’ problem. She should just play. (So the pianist has never rehearsed with the dancers. This should be interesting.) Paquito gives Antonia her money. Tonight she has to convince everyone that she is a man. He tells her to stand up straight, keep her legs apart and play wonderfully since she is European.

Dr. Dan tells the Obragons that he should leave. He will see Soledad tomorrow in the hospital. Soledad thanks him for all he had done. Dr. Dan says that she doesn’t need to thank him. He will always be there loving and respecting her and waiting for the day when she will accept him. Soledad says that she wants to talk about that later. He repeats again that patience is his greatest virtue. She should take all the time she needs. He leaves. Soledad asks why everyone is looking at her. Ester says that man who just left is a saint. Lucas says that Dr. Dan loves Soledad very much but he has learned his lesson and is not getting involved. No such luck with Ester. She tells Soledad that she should formalize her relationship with Dr. Dan as soon as possible. Soledad tells her mother that she doesn’t want to be rude but she should stop pressuring her. Ester pressured her to marry Alcides and that turned out to be a living hell. (You tell that witch, Soledad!)

Alcides is reading the annulment. He says that he never should have let his marriage in the church be annulled. He has ended up doing a favor for the little doctor (‘doctorcillo’). Alcides looks to heaven and says that this is absurd. It is as if a vengeful and mediocre god is trying to punish him when all he has done is love Soledad with his whole soul since he was a boy. Why? The duel should have been with his brother, Hugo, a clean fight to win Soledad’s heart. He says that had he known things would end up like this, he never would have divorced Soledad. Dr. Dan walks right past Alcides apparently without seeing him until Alcides says his name. They glare at each other.

Hugo is relaxing at the cabaña. Boris asks now that his daughter is safe, whether he is going to go after Michelle. Hugo says that he will take the first train after he goes to see the police in the morning. He is concerned that the kidnapper is still at large though. Boris asks if he suspects who might have done it. Alcides? Hugo says that he doesn’t think Alcides was involved. Kidnapping Aurora wouldn’t have benefited Alcides. “Who then?” asks Boris.

Antonia makes an inauspicious entrance into the cabaret. Her hand is crushed by male handshakes and she is shocked to meet Pierre, the topless waiter. Arturo comes into the place, is introduced to ‘George’ and looks at her curiously.

Ester is offended at Soledad’s accusation. She is only concerned about Soledad’s well being and that of her granddaughter. Soledad replies that she may not have expressed herself very well but the fact is that Ester pressured her to marry Alcides. Ester admits that was a mistake but that is in the past. Lucas says that we should learn from our mistakes. He asks Soledad if she likes Dr. Dan. She says that Dr. Dan is a great guy and would make a great father for her child but finally admits that she doesn’t love him. She is not ready to start a new relationship. In a resigned voice, Ester says that Soledad is still in love with Hugo de Medina.

Dr. Dan asks what Alcides is doing there. He is not welcome in the Obragon house. Alcides say that is none of Dr. Dan’s business. Dr. Dan replies that it is his business. He and Soledad… Alcides interrupts. He says that there is nothing between Dr. Dan and Soledad. Dr. Dan says that there will be something. Alcides replies that he heard Dr. Dan proposed and Soledad didn’t accept. Dr. Dan says that very soon she will accept. Alcides tells him not to fool himself. He should forget that woman. Dr. Dan thanks Alcides for the advice but says that he doesn’t need it. “I’ve been in love with Soledad since I was a child and she’s never returned my sentiments,” says Alcides, “Do you want to know why? Because her heart belongs to my brother. She loves Hugo.”

Hugo is thinking out loud. He says whoever kidnapped his daughter wants him and his brother to look bad in Soledad’s eyes. Boris replies that there is only one person who would benefit if Hugo and his brother fell into disgrace with Soledad. “Arturo de Linares,” says Hugo.

So far Antonia’s disguise is not working too well. Arturo says that ‘George’s’ face looks very familiar. Paquito spins a tale about George being a well-known European musician who is in town briefly. Since Antonia is a woman, she can’t help but be effeminate. “That’s what we need in this town,” says Arturo, “another pervert.” (In spite of the fact that Antonia hasn’t sat down at the piano, we can hear ragtime being played.)

Since Soledad hasn’t answered, Lucas concludes that Soledad is still in love with Hugo. Ester asks why Soledad can’t escape from the vicious circle she is in with that man. Soledad says that her mind tells her to leave Hugo but her heart won’t let her. Lucas says it is pointless to argue. But since Ester is still breathing, argue we will. Ester says that the only good thing that came from Hugo was Aurora and all the rest was pain. Soledad says that she can’t help what she feels. Ester once again urges to Soledad to get Hugo out of her heart and marry Dr. Dan and move away. Finally, Lucas gets up and asks what Soledad’s heart wants. “Hugo, papa,” says Soledad, “I love Hugo.” She starts to cry. This pointless argument continues after the commercial. Ester says that Hugo knows that she can’t get him out of her heart and is manipulating her feelings. Soledad denies this. Ester says that she always has to speak the hard truths in this family. She could just push Soledad into Hugo’s arms but she won’t because it is wrong. She begs Soledad to take her advice. Lucas says that unfortunately Soledad’s mother is right.

Dr. Dan says that he won’t discuss the details of his relationship with Soledad with Alcides. Alcides laughs and Dr. Dan says that he who laughs last… He will invite Alcides to his wedding. Alcides tells Dr. Dan once again that Soledad loves Hugo. Dr. Dan asks why Alcides is defending his brother. Aren’t they rivals? Alcides says that Soledad is his whole purpose in life. She may love Hugo but she knows he is no good for her while Alcides has changed and learned a lot. Alcides believes that in time Soledad will learn that he can make her happy. He tells Dr. Dan to stop sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong. Dr. Dan asks if Alcides is threatening him. “Take as you will,” says Alcides. He suggests that Dr. Dan leave town like Michelle. Dr. Dan says that he doesn’t believe Michelle went anywhere or at least not willingly. He is going to get to the bottom of that, too.

Paquito is nervous that the show is about to start. Eloisa comes in. Paquito points out that Arturo is there. Arturo looks in her direction but he sees Margot, not Eloisa.

Soledad tells her father that she can’t explain what she feels inside. When her daughter disappeared, she felt like she was going to die and when Hugo came, she felt at peace. She can’t explain it. Lucas says that it is love but some love can kill you. Ester comes in to say that she is concerned that it’s late and Antonia hasn’t returned home.

Dr. Dan comes into the cabaret sure that he will find a clue to what happened to Michelle here. He sees Eloisa. Margot says that Arturo is happy to be seen with her in a place like the cabaret. Arturo asks where Hercu-less is and Margot says that she thinks he is sleeping at Alcides’ hacienda. Arturo asks why Margot came to the cabaret and she says that she can’t stop thinking about him and then takes back what she said. Paquito announces the show and introduces ‘George Wild’ the pianist. The ‘Paquitas’ are introduced and they do about a 30 second cancan number. Dr. Dan is impressed with Antonia’s piano playing. After the performance, he introduces himself to her and compliments her on her performance.

Ester is concerned about where Antonia could be. Lucas says that she is an adult and can do what she wants. Ester and Lucas go to bed. Ursula comes in to say that the baby is sleeping. Soledad asks her to sit down. They haven’t had a chance for a talk. (So the baby has been left alone, then?) Soledad asks how things are going with Boris. Ursula says that things have been so hectic, she hasn’t much time to see him. And now that Hugo can’t come to the house, it will be even harder. Soledad says that if Boris really loves her, nothing will keep him away. He will do anything to win her heart. “Like Dr. Dan is doing everything possible to win your heart?” asks Ursula.

Dr. Dan asks Antonia to have a drink with him. They are both strangers to town. Antonia doesn’t even have to talk, just listen to him. They sit down at the bar.

Margot tells Arturo that she is tired and wants to go to her house. She asks if Arturo is staying and he says yes, of course. Who would want to leave with Paquito’s beautiful women here. Arturo perceives jealousy in Margot’s reaction. Margot denies being jealous. She has her husband. Arturo says then go back to her husband. Margot says that Hercu-less doesn’t know that Arturo released her. Arturo says that it sounds like he kept her a prisoner but yet she has spent the whole evening with him. Margot leaves and Arturo orders more drinks.

Soledad tells Ursula that she can’t forget Hugo or any of the memories she has of him. But he has filled her life with pain. Ursula says that it is because of that she asked about Dr. Dan. Soledad asks if Michelle left town because she thought there was something between Hugo and her. Ursula says that of course, she thought that. It is obvious that Soledad and Hugo still love each other. “But our relationship is impossible,” says Soledad. It isn’t her fault if Hugo and Michelle can’t get together. Soledad says that accepting Dr. Dan’s proposal and marrying him is the only way to make everyone happy (except you and Hugo, of course. Bad idea, Soledad).

Dr. Dan is drunk. He says that he doesn’t usually share his secrets with strangers but his usual confidant isn’t here. Has George heard about Michelle Phillips? Antonia shakes her head. Dr. Dan says that he misses her. Dr. Dan confides in George that he is in love with an incredible woman but she doesn’t return his affections because she is in love with another man. Dr. Dan says that it is terrible not being loved back. Dr. Dan tells George how much he loves Soledad but she loves Hugo. He says that he just ran into Hugo’s twin brother, Alcides. He says that Alcides really hates him. He swears to George that if Alcides doesn’t kill him first, he will win Soledad’s heart, love and affection. Even if he has to die, he will do it. He swears it. Dr. Dan is a weepy drunk.

Liquor sales are brisk at the cabaret and Paquito thinks that his success will make Eloisa respect him. He asks if she having a good time but she says that she is bored. She asks who the pianist is. Paquito asks why she wants to know. Eloisa says that the pianist seems very effeminate and Paquito wouldn’t want a rumor going around that the piano player is his lover. She leaves. Arturo asks a waitress to have a drink with him. Paquito sends George off to the dressing room and sits down with Dr. Dan. Dr. Dan says that George listens well but doesn’t talk much. He says that he feels like he has known George for a long time.

Antonia returns home. Soledad asks where she has been. She has been waiting for her. The credits roll.

Tomorrow: Soledad accepts Dr. Dan’s proposal.

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